The Technology Park Heidelberg has been proving that the concept of the campus idea has paid off for 30 years with its location in the Neuenheimer Feld in Heidelberg. Primarily companies of the biotech industry are based there. This model marked by success can also be applied to the new technology, innovation and production park Patton Barracks and therefore serves as a model for a successful whole concept.
Benchmark data relating to the campus:
- more than 80,000m² laboratory and office spaces
- more than 200 companies (see presentation of the lessees according to industries)
- 4,000 jobs in total
- conference centre
- successful catalyst between academia and industry
- support with the application for third party funds
- central location with great local public transport connections
- proximity to the university research institutions
- cafeteria and child day care centre
- parking possibilities, CarSharing and eBikes
- To a large extent lessees from the Pharmacy/Medicine industry. These are for example companies from the fields of Research & Development, production of medical devices, production of actives ingredients for pharmaceutical products, cell culture production and many more, e.g. Apogenix GmbH, IKTZ Blutspendezentrale (blood donation head office) or Octopharma Biopharmaceuticals GmbH
- Service providers, for example several consultancy companies in the field of Biotech/Medicine/Pharmaceuticals, engineering offices, travel agency, law firms, child day care centre
- Biotech-related IT-service providers. For example: Meditcon GmbH, Semantis GmbH
- Training and education institutions such as the Schiller International University, the PH Heidelberg and the Explo Heidelberg
- Public Relations work and cluster management, e.g. BioRN, provider for marketing and communication
- Optical technologies, among others Heidelberg Engineering and Carl Zeiss Microimaging GmbH
